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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor da PedraOutside the walls of Óbidos, be sure to visit this sanctuary, with its external hexagonal shape and pyramidal green glazed roof. It was built between 1740-47, at the height of the Baroque period, but the details were never finished, which may be why (...)
Telephone: +351 262 959 138
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor do Bom Jesus de MatosinhosThe Sanctuary of Senhor Bom Jesus or the Senhor de (Lord of) Matosinhos is both the city's most outstanding monument and its parish church. The church houses the statue of Bom Jesus transferred here in the 16th century from the now disappeared (...)
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor dos EnfermosSanctuary of Senhor dos EnfermosCarmelite sanctuary and centre in which to make vows. The set of buildings is formed by a chapel, cemetery, friary house, alms house. Effigies of the Saints may be seen and two bandstands exist in the (...)
Telephone: +351 255 645 64
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor dos MilagresThe sanctuary was constructed in memory of a miracle reputed to have taken place here in 1728. According to legend, Our Lord Jesus answered the appeal of a paralysed man. On his cure, he put up a panel invoking the miracle. This then attracted other (...)
Telephone: +351 244 851 035
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor do SocorroSanctuary of the Senhor do SocorroThe patron of the building of the Sanctuary was a Brazilian, probably in order to fulfil a promise.The church was built in 1773 and has a single nave, a main chapel and a rococo façade with two towers. The site (...)
Telephone: 258941053
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MonumentsSantuário do Senhor Jesus do BonfimSanctuary of Senhor Jesus do Bonfim On the way out of Portalegre, on the road to Castelo de Vide and Marvão, there is the Sanctuary of Lord Jesus of Bonfim, also known as the Church of Bonfim. Its construction was ordered in 1720 by bishop Álvaro (...)
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MonumentsSé Catedral da GuardaOne of the most interesting Portuguese monuments.Although Guarda has been the seat of bishopric since its foundation, when D. Sancho I asked Pope Innocent III to transfer the diocese of Egitânia (Idanha-a-Velha) to the new city, the building that is (...)
Telephone: +351 271 212 993
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MonumentsSé Catedral de Angra do HeroísmoA church reborn in the midst of the Atlantic.The Church of the Most Holy Saviour of the See is an imposing temple, built from 1568 onwards for the seat of the bishopric of the city of Angra, which was inaugurated in 1534 by Pope Paul III. (...)
Telephone: +351 295 217 850
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MonumentsSé Catedral de BejaA Mannerist temple in the heart of the Alentejo.The parish of Santiago Maior is one of the oldest in Beja. Originally it was based in the Church of Santo Amaro, but in the 14th century it was transferred to this locale, where a church already (...)
Telephone: +351 284 323 159
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MonumentsSé Catedral de Bragança / Sé NovaThe first cathedral built in the 21st century. Dedicated to Our Lady the Queen, the current Bragança Cathedral was designed by the architect Vassalo Rosa, being the first Portuguese cathedral to be built in the 21st century. It came to replace (...)
Telephone: +351 273 322 671
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
